One-time screening with flexible sigmoidoscopy reduced colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality by about 25% over two decades, according to long-term follow-up of a randomized U.K. study. Among ...

May 23, 2007 (Washington) — Analyses of data from the National Cancer Registry, the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End-Results (SEER) database, and colonoscopy record reviews conducted at a number of ...

However experts say many of those deaths could be prevented. Colorectal cancer is one of the cancers for which effective screening exists. For one thing, colorectal cancer nearly always develops from ...

Nothing elicits a groan from patients as quickly as discussion of uncomfortable screening procedures. Yet those discussions must take place. Colorectal cancer is the third-most common cancer in the ...

Colorectal cancer screening remains a cornerstone of preventive medicine, with strategies evolving to reduce both incidence and mortality worldwide. Current screening programmes utilise a range of ...

Colorectal cancer (CRC), or colon cancer, is the third most common cancer worldwide, and the second leading cause of cancer death. According to the Colon Cancer Alliance, the exact ...